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[Jean Lorrah <a21711f@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jeremy writes,

>> "When Idiots stand by Legends; They are bigger Idiots".

>Does this make Jimmy a bigger legend too?

Is that possible?

the fireclown writes,
>i think Plant was probably really tired of Pagey's addiction problems.
>if you look at Page's performances in the 80s, there were times when he
>was so strung out, he couldn't even stand and play at the same time---i
>rather imagine that Percy expected more from his bandmates, besides the
>fact that it had to really hurt on a personal level to see a good friend
>both killing and humiliating himself publicly.
>(thank God Pagey's finally straightened up and started to live again!)

We all do.  I think Robert has been proud and supportive of Jimmy from 1994
on, but appears to be blown over by how far he has come in 1998.  So much so
that he is subordinating his own role on the current tour to showcase Jimmy,
almost like a proud father showing off a brilliant son.  And this when
Robert is in the best voice he's been in years, too!  Though that, of
course, could be due to all the rest he gets during Jimmy's solos.

Having done Robert's tour and now Jimmy's tour, imagine what they will do
for the next album and tour if they strike the perfect balance!

The reports about Jimmy's reaction to the nonworking theremin in
Philadelphia--a fabulous improvised solo--should only bolster his confidence
even more, and perhaps lead to more improvisation as this tour continues, or
in the structure of the next one.

On another topic, the August issue of _Guitar_ magazine has Jimmy on the
cover and a feature story inside called "Bring It On Home:  Jimmy Page walks
into a new future with an old friend."  Despite the mention of Puffy on the
cover, he's not in the story, which is of course about Jimmy and Robert.
There is a large photo of Jimmy, in his snakeskin-print shirt, blissfully
embracing his Les Paul, a shot of Robert and Jimmy probably from Shepherd's
Bush, and two shots from that photo session in which Robert is wearing the
orange sweater with black stripes and clowning through every picture.

The article is quite long and positive, and includes parts of an interview
with Jimmy.  As it is in a guitar magazine, there is considerable discussion
of tunings, and a sidebar about how the Transperformance does instant
automatic tunings.

Skimming through the rest of the magazine, I ran across a little piece of
advice which perhaps all of you guitarists already know--but somebody
apparently thought it was worth running it in _Guitar_ magazine:  "The
standard dial tone in North American telephones is actually a compound tone
of F and A--a major 3rd.  And it happens to be perfectly in tune to our
A=440 tuning system.  So next time you're without a tuning reference, just
pick up the phone and match your F chord to the tone on the other end."

Of course if you're doing some of Jimmy's unique tunings, you're out of
luck.  Hmmmm--come to think of it, perhaps he got them from dial tones
around the world!

Jean

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